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Trevor Hughes ~ USA Today ~   DENVER – Marijuana entrepreneurs rushing into the booming market are running headlong into a patchwork of state-by-state regulations that make it hard to transfer their expertise, brands and staff— and even their profits.

Alicia Wallace and Jordan Steffen ~ The Denver Post ~   Lawyer for Dish Network employee fired after using medical pot to treat muscle spasms calls ruling "devastating"

John Lundy ~ TwinCities.com ~   Esko, Minn., teacher Jess Blake is confident medical marijuana will lessen the nausea that comes with treatment for the brain tumor she was diagnosed with in September.

Bruce Kennedy ~ WeedWorthy ~   The CEO of Denver-based Kindman announces the expansion of his production and packaging facilities, an action that should help to stabilize the pricing of cannabis.

USA Today ~   While $420 seems like a more appropriate price, starting at $395 per person per night, marijuana smokers can treat themselves to a cannabis-filled Colorado vacation.

Steve Raabe ~ The Denver Post ~   The hype over hemp that erupted last year during Colorado's first sensational flirtations with the marijuana look-alike is now starting to live up to expectations. 

Brigette Namata ~ KHON2 ~   Medical marijuana is a multibillion dollar industry and hundreds of hungry entrepreneurs are ready to make it a reality in Hawaii.

Casey Hrynkow ~ Huffington Post ~   This week saw the start of a public hearing in Vancouver on the proposal to regulate marijuana dispensaries. 

Kate Aubusson ~ Stuff.co.nz ~   Watching his six-month-old daughter endlessly spasming in pain drove Michael Lambert beyond the bounds of Australian drug laws.

Kate Rogers ~ CNBC ~   Inside a cannabis shop's emerging business model

Jackie Borchardt ~ Cleveland.com ~   COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A task force commissioned by ResponsibleOhio to study the effects of its marijuana legalization plan released its findings here Thursday morning but did not endorse the group's proposed constitutional amendment.

Jonathan Starkey ~ Delaware Online ~   Delaware's first medical marijuana dispensary will open on June 26, more than four years after lawmakers and Gov. Jack Markell first legalized pot for medicinal use.

Phillip Smith ~ Alternet ~   The Senate Appropriations Committee voted to rein in the DEA.

Aaron C. Davis ~ The Washington Post ~   House Republicans advanced a budget plan Thursday that would prevent legal sales of marijuana in the District until at least 2017.

Ian Mulgrew ~ The Vancouver Sun ~   Canadian medical marijuana patients have a right to tasty pot cookies and other cannabis products, the Supreme Court of Canada said Thursday.

Paul Egan ~ Detroit Free Press ~   LANSING – Two measures to legalize marijuana could appear on the November 2016 state ballot after the Board of State Canvassers approved petition wording Thursday.